Author Archives: spann
Required Reading
Just a quick little promo for my pals at ABC 33/40… Brenda Ladun and Mike Raita have jumped into the blogosphere. Read Brenda’s blog here… Mike’s blog here… Glad they are on board… both are excellent writers and the blog … Continue reading
Late Night Lightning
Thanks to Brandon Harris for these images… he writes: “These were taken around 12:30 from Chimney Peak in Jacksonville. These storms were displaying some impressive, vivid lightning.”
Rain Remains Elusive For Most
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Thanks to J.B. for burning the midnight oil last night and early this morning keeping up with those rogue storms … Continue reading
From Spain…
**NOTE: As you can see, we are now using Flickr to host all of our reader submitted pictures. The images play in a slide show here on the blog; you can control the slide show as you like, or click … Continue reading
Gulf Shores Thunderstorm
Thanks to Chuck Beams for these images… he writes: “James, I know you guys have all but forgot what a good ol’ summer T-storm looks like….. So here is a picture of one from the porch of my condo in … Continue reading
Cooler To The East; Hotter To The West
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… As expected, we have a pretty significant temperature gradient across Alabama this afternoon… at 1:00 Tuscaloosa reported a steamy 94, … Continue reading
The Heat Backs Off Slightly
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… How about the great Alabama weather legend, J.B. Elliott, posting on the blog through 3:30 this morning… J.B. sure was … Continue reading
Record High Tied
Today’s high at the Birmingham Airport was 98 degrees; that tied the record high today last set in 1977. We will post a full set of high temperatures a little later this evening…
Heat Parade…
A quick check of 3:00 p.m. temperatures… Montgomery 100 Evergreen 99 Tuscaloosa 98 Shelby County Airport (Calera) 97 Auburn 97 Birmingham 95 Alexander City 95 Anniston 92 That is what happens with low dewpoints and no soil mosture on a … Continue reading
Wishing And Hoping
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Anyone remember the old song by Dusty Springfield? “Wishing and hoping and thinking and praying, planning and dreaming each night … Continue reading
